caracolillo
Spanish
Etymology
From caracol (“snail”) + -illo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaɾakoˈliʝo/ [ka.ɾa.koˈli.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /kaɾakoˈliʎo/ [ka.ɾa.koˈli.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /kaɾakoˈliʃo/ [ka.ɾa.koˈli.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /kaɾakoˈliʒo/ [ka.ɾa.koˈli.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -iʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -iʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -iʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: ca‧ra‧co‧li‧llo
Noun
caracolillo m (uncountable)
- snailflower
- Synonym: tripa de fraile
- peaberry
- diminutive of caracol
Further reading
- “caracolillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
- “caracolillo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010